As baseball’s world tour continues, Dodgers’ Hyun-Jin Ryu has a suggestion

The Arizona Diamondbacks' Trevor Cahill, left, throws the first pitch during the second game of the two-game Major League Baseball opening series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Arizona Diamondbacks at the Sydney Cricket Ground in Sydney, Sunday, March 23, 2014. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)

SYDNEY, Australia >> In the last six years, the Dodgers have played games in China, Taiwan and now Australia. Where will they go next?

There are multiple possibilities, and Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig said Saturday that “we’re working on several things.”

“I certainly have talked about this before: I want to open and play some regular-season games in Europe,” Selig said. “The potential there is beginning to grow, which is very exciting. The nice part about this, we’re getting overtures, really good ones, from all over the world.”

If Dodgers pitcher Hyun-Jin Ryu gets a vote, he’s partial to South Korea.

“I think it’s a fantastic idea,” the Incheon native said. “I would make it a personal wish that one day there could be a regular-season opener in Korea.”

Fifteen major-league players have been born in South Korea, about half the number that have been born in Australia. Former Dodgers pitcher Chan Ho Park was the first and Ryu is among the most recent, making the Dodgers a logical choice to play in South Korea if MLB ever decides to stage a game there.

Pitching plans

Dodgers manager Don Mattingly said that Zack Greinke and Dan Haren will start two of the three Freeway Series games against the Angels on March 27-29.

That means both are unlikely to start either of the team’s next two regular-season games, March 30 and April 1 in San Diego.

Clayton Kershaw and Ryu are the top candidates to receive those assignments, with Josh Beckett and Paul Maholm the next two likeliest choices.

The San Diego Padres have already set their rotation for the three-game series. Manager Bud Black told reporters in Arizona that Andrew Cashner, Ian Kennedy and Tyson Ross will start the games in order.

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